Plant Operations

Below are a few examples of Plant Operation projects we have completed.

New Plant Construction

Designed and installed bulk aseptic Prickly Pear Cactus puree processing plant that was quoted by suppliers for construction cost of $1,250,000. Job completed for $350,000, saving company $ 900,000 in capital costs.

Modified and re-engineered construction plans of new “whole fruit to juice” Aseptic bulk plant. Supervised plant construction and start-up operations to process (3/4) million pounds of fruit per day into aseptic drums and totes.

Engineered and supervised installation of Mushroom processing, bottling and warehousing facility. This included processing and acidifying whole mushrooms from trays, hot fill bottling into glass and warehousing ready for sales and distribution. This was a turnkey operation.

Plant Conversion

Converted a semi-functioning "Juice Concentrate" plant into an efficient & operating "Not From Concentrate Orange Juice" plant which could produce and ship in bulk 6 million gallons of juice per year. Developed all standard operating procedures, Hazard Analysis of Critical Control Points plan, Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures, accounting systems to monitor and record daily yield figures and grower payables on a “real time basis” via internet.